Ran When Parked

"That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms" (thatbastardkurtis5) 04/28/2019 at 19:32 • Filed to: None

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That phrase usually means you’re boned, but I guess I occasionally know things because with some fresh gas, a whole lot of ether, and a jump pack this old Deere ran for the first time in four years today.

Even better, it actually drives too. Once it would stay running I drove it from behind the PO’s house and onto my rental trailer. PTO worked too, blades spun right up, but I had to pull the deck to get it on the trailer.

So the motor is excellent, runs nice and smooth, transaxle works fine in forward and reverse, and the tires are fair at least. The seat is junk, but I’m going to find a way to reattach it and just throw a cover on it. I’ll replace the upper hood, because I clearly can’t live with that mess, but then I think it’ll just be a nice little worker for short money. I’ve spent way more than $75 on way garbagier stuff than this.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 04/28/2019 at 20:03

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Wow....what the hell happened to the hood on that thing, lol.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 04/28/2019 at 21:20

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The plastic is super brittle after 30+ years. My dad’s is the same way. If you so much as look at it funny it cracks.

pip bip - choose Corrour > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 04/29/2019 at 04:22

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https://www.amazon.com/John-Deere-Complete-Assembly-AM132526/dp/B01M04DPCA

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > pip bip - choose Corrour 04/29/2019 at 05:04

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Ha. Luckily it only really needs the upper, which is $200 or so on eBay. 

pip bip - choose Corrour > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 04/29/2019 at 05:17

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bonus!

WLM86 > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 04/29/2019 at 09:10

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I got a John Deere LX173 from my grandparents when I bought my first house. Gran had hit the propane tank and cracked the “bumper” so the good was not quite attached. I had it overhauled and that piece replaced so it was basically a new mower at that point.

Fast forward to Christmas time.. my tree was up in the rafters of my garage. It fell 6 feet and absolutely demolished the hood of the mower and everything attached to it. I looked like a boss mowing my yard with no hood for the remaining two years I lived there!